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Lying down on the job. Ontario Luge Association president Kurt Herzog and Paul Brown, 8, go for a run on the luge with wheels during Harbourfront's we(...)
Lying down on the job. Ontario Luge Association president Kurt Herzog and Paul Brown, 8, go for a run on the luge with wheels during Harbourfront's we(...)

Lying down on the job. Ontario Luge Association president Kurt Herzog and Paul Brown, 8, go for a run on the luge with wheels during Harbourfront's we(...)

Date6/29/1987
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Original Toronto Star caption: Lying down on the job. Ontario Luge Association president Kurt Herzog and Paul Brown; 8; go for a run on the luge with wheels during Harbourfront's weekend salute to Canadian and Olympic Sport. Luge is a winter Olympic sport -- but without wheels. The wheel-less luge uses a slippery ice track.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0096390F
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